by Ajmer Rode
The grey sands
invite me to follow the
receding sea water
to recognize a clam shell
that could be the house
where my ancestors began.
I walk slowly with respect.
Blue Meditations

A few random poems:
- Nature And the Book poem – Alfred Austin
- Игорь Северянин – Памяти О.Н. Чюминой
- Sonet 35 by William Alexander
- Going by Philip Larkin
- Ольга Берггольц – Разговор с соседкой
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня о вещем Олеге
- Song of the Red War-Boat by Rudyard Kipling
- Яков Полонский – Памяти С. Я. Надсона
- In Due Observance Of An Ancient Rite by William Wordsworth
- Николай Гумилев – Они спустились до реки
- Colloquy by Weldon Kees
- Sonnet LXII by William Shakespeare
- With No Experience In Such Matters by Stephen Dunn
- Валерий Брюсов – Гребцы триремы
- Autumnal Sonnet by William Allingham
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works